{"id":127430,"date":"2020-06-07T02:41:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T21:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=127430"},"modified":"2020-06-07T02:41:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T21:11:11","slug":"apuwj-constitutes-fact-checking-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2020\/06\/07\/apuwj-constitutes-fact-checking-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"APUWJ constitutes fact-checking committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<strong>ITANAGAR, Jun 6:<\/strong> The Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalists (APUWJ) has constituted a six-member fact-checking committee (FCC) within the union.<br \/>\nThe committee will be led by Arunachal Press Club (APC) president and editor-in-chief of The Dawnlit Post, Dodum Yangfo. Its members include associate editor of the Independent Review and national executive committee member of the Indian Journalists Union from Arunachal, Taya Bagang; associate editor of The Arunachal Pioneer and auditor of the APUWJ, Damien Lepcha; DY365 correspondent and former president of the Arunachal Electronic &amp; Digital Media Association (AEDMA), Mukul Pathak; APUWJ Gender Council convenor and proofreader at The Arunachal Times, Nellie Manpoong; and Echo of Arunachal subeditor and APUWJ treasurer, Appu Gapak.<br \/>\nThe FCC is entrusted with verifying information reported by media houses associated with the APC, the APUWJ, and the AEDMA.<br \/>\nThe committee is empowered to conduct suo moto fact-checking exercise on any news or article that has potentially misleading content telecast and published by the associated media members, within a stipulated timeframe.<br \/>\nStressing the importance of having the FCC in the union, APUWJ president Amar Sangno said, &#8220;The role of the APUWJ is not only to organize the working journalists of the state into a united force and strive for freedom of the press, but also to ensure that the highest standards of professional conduct and integrity are maintained.&#8221;<br \/>\nSangno further stated: &#8220;Currently we are inundated by fake news, misinformation and disinformation on social media, and by many of our own media outlets registered with us.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe APUWJ has constituted the FCC to ensure unbiased dissemination of information, he said.<br \/>\nAPUWJ general secretary Ranju Dodum opined that media bodies cannot regulate or stop the spread of fake contents.<br \/>\n&#8220;However, fact-checking within the media houses will help to curb misinformation or unverified news content, in addition to generating awareness on responsible journalism,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\nDodum expressed hope that the formation of the FCC would help in &#8220;building a renewed sense of responsibility among the media outlets in stemming unverified news spread, and foster credibility.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, Jun 6: The Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalists (APUWJ) has constituted a six-member fact-checking committee (FCC) within the union. The committee will be led by Arunachal Press Club (APC) president and editor-in-chief of The Dawnlit Post, Dodum Yangfo. Its members include associate editor of the Independent Review and national executive committee member of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-127430","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127430\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}